Match container



June 15S 1926.

Filed OCt. 21. 1922 Patented June 15, 1926.

My invention relates BENJAMIN R. HESS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

'MATCH CONTAINER.

Application iiled October 21, 1922. Serial No. 595,959.

to a match container,

and it has more particular reference to that type of container which includes a cigar cutter and windshield.

rl`he primary object of myJ invention is the provision of a container of simple construction having applied `thereto an improved pivoted member straddling the body portion of the container and adapted to be swung outwardly therefrom to lighting space.

provide ashielded Another object of my invent-ion is Vto provide a container of this type which in its preferred construe for rendering the providing a wind cigarette, cigar, pi

Still further obj tion includes novel means matches accessible when space in which to light a pe or the like. y

ects are to provide a container having a body portion adapted tore.- ceive a box of safety matches and having applied to said bo dy portion a novel straddling member pivotally connected to one corner of said body swing outwardly portion and adapted to therefrom to provide a windshield; also to construct theparts; of

the container that proved manner to portion of the m they co-operate in an impartly project the body atch box from its cover when moving said straddling member outwardly to form a the body portion windshield and to cause of the match box to be drawn iiitoits cover when moving saidi straddling member into normal position.

With the above and other objects in View to appear hereinafter, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to bev herein after described andy more particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved match container,V the same having a safety match box therein.

Fig. 2 is a perspective ,tainer with a safety match ing the straddlmg member tended to foim a view of said conbox therein, showor windshield exlighting space and showing the body portion of a safety match box partly projected to render. the matches therein readily accessible: a

F 1g.l 3 is a longitudinal section taken tnroiisrliV he container and the safety match bea therein, a par t. of the match, has being broken away to better illustrate certain features of my invention.

Fig. Ll is a similar view lshowing theparts as represented in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section taken on line 5-5, Fig. 3. y

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the straddling member or windshield with its projector tongue, part of one side of said straddling member or windshield being broken away.

Fig. 7 is a transverse section taken onl line 7--7, Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is a sectional perspective view of lgne end of the body portion of the match ox.

in the drawings the numeral 15 designates the body portionof a match box, and 16 the cover for the same. rlhe body portion 15 of the `match box is of special construction andv is used in connection with the cover of an ordinary safety match box, it being adapted to displace the ordinary body portion of a safety match box and to be formed of tin or some other thin substantial material. Oneend of said special body portion has a transverse slot 17 formed therein, which is enlarged at one end, as at 18. The body portion of the box 15 may lbesaid to` form a part of the container, asV it is adapted to be filled with matches taken from time to time from the ordinary safety match boxes. TC'Vliile the cover of a single box from which the matches are taken maybe used in connection with thebody portion 15 during a number of fillings, a new `cover is preferably used with each filling of the body portion, since they would .be of no use after removal of matches fromthe boxes of which they form part. By using a new cover with each filling, two new striking. surfaces for the matches are furnished with each filling.

The container comprises a Athree-sided open ended member 19 and a straddling member or windshield 20, the three-sided member, although so referred to, has two side walls 21, 22 and an edge wall 23 connecting corresponding e ges of said side walls. Said three-sided member may for convenience be referred to as the body portion of the container; and more particularly defined, this body portion is open at opposite ends and at ene edgar@ bei-iin? et smaller dime-asien in depth.

in *width and hay* Y.

r of said container ing a spring tongue 24 stamped from one of its sides, said tongue having its free end directed downwardly and being adapted to engage one of the sides of the cover ofthe match box and hold the same within the container, or more particularly, the body portion of the container.

The edge wall 23 has an elongated opening 25 formed therein through which the prepared or striking surface 26 at one 'edge of ythe match box is exposed. The straddling member or windshield fof the container comprises an. edge wall'27 andtwo side walls 28", 29, which may be given any desired formation, but are preferably limiti-circular.

The windshield is adapted to close the open edge ofthe body portion of the container, andlfor this reason it is pivotally connectedat its lower end to the lower. end of said body'. portion near the free edges of theside"wallsthereof, as at 30. The` container is preferably formed of material having a certain degree of resiliency lso that the side or straddling walls o-f the windshield'liein'tirm'contact with the side walls of the body portion of the container.

.The edge wall ofthe windshield is provided with an elongated opening 31, and when swung inwardly against the open end of the" body portion of said'container said elongated o1 ening exposes an elongated region of the prepared .or striking surface 32 at they adjacent edge of the cover of the matchbox'. vIheside of the body portion opposite that having the tongue 24is p'rov'ided with a segmental slot 33 havingthepivot's 30as its center, and the correspondingside 28of the windshield has la4 teat 34 stamped inwardly therefrom adaY 'ted to project into said segmental slot, saidP teat being adapted to strike the end 35u` .of said slot when swinging said windshield outwardly, thus limiting outward inov'e'nientV of the windshield.

The Yside wall of the body portion of the container having the tongue 24 stamped therefrom has its free edge beveled inwardly, as a't 36, toA form a knife or cutting edge near its upperv end, and the corresponding side 29 vof* the windshield is provided withI an opening 37Uadapte`d: to pass said cutting edge when swinging the windshield outwardly orinw'ar'dly. 'It is, of course, tobe understoodthat the windshield: is to be swung dutwardly a sutiicient distance tobring the vopening 37 beyond the knife'or cutting edge,

after which the tip of acigar may be inserted through the opening, and when closing said windshield, said tip' willbe severed from the prtion of they cigar by said knife or cutting edge' 36.

P ojec'ting' inwardly from" the lower end ofthe edge wall 27 of said windshield is an actuating-tongue 38lw'hlich' iskretained in locked connection with the body portion of the match box l5, and for this tongue has a narrow right-angled extension 39 at its outer end provided al; its extremity with laterally-projecting lugs 44, the bent portion of said extension being therefore substantially of T-forination and serving as combined pivotal and slidable means of connection between said tongue and the body portion of said box.

In order to connect the tongue with the lower end wall of said box, the widened exex'tremity of said angular extension, or the head of the T-shaped portion thereof as'it may be termed, has passed through the enlarged or widened end 18 of the slot i7, said angular extension being then drawn into the narrow or major portion of said slot so that the lugs 44 or the widened portion of said extension lie against the inner surface of the end wall of the body portion of the boxl l5 at opposite sides of said slot 1T, thus retaining said tongue in direct connection with said body portion. For the purpose of concealingthe tongue within the body portion of the container, said body portion is slightly longer than the match box inserted thereinto.

Matches removed from the container may be lighted through the elongated opening in the body portion of the container or the windshield when it not found necessary to protect the flame from the wind. However, when lighting a cigar or the like in the open air', especially when the wind is blowing, it is simply necessary to swing the windshield outwardly to bring the ,teat 34 against the end I35 of `the segmental. slot 33, which will position the edge wall 27 of said windshield at an acute angle to the adjacent prepared edge wall of the match box cover and form a triangular lighting space 40 between said two edge walls. The distance between the edge wall` of the windshield and' the adjacent! edge wall of the match boxvcover will permit a match, illustrated for instance bythe dotted lines 41 in Fig. 4, to be passed into the triangular lighting space 40 and against the adjacent prepared edge of the match box cover, andl while preparingto strike the match against said prepared edge, a cigar inserted into the large upper open end of the lighting space, as illustrated for instance by thedotted lines 42 in Fig. 4, will be protected from the wind, after which the match may be moved in frictional contact with said prepared edge to cause the match'to be lighted. The flame and cigar thus protected against the wind will assure convenient lighting ofthe cigar. After the cigar is lighted, the windshield may be swung inwardly against the match box, and when in this condition, the container will be compact and' only a trifle larger thanthe ordinary safety match box with which it is use, thus permitting the com purpose said adapted for llO In Fig. l it will be seen that the outward 4swinging movement of the windshield will cause the tongue 38 thereof to projectfthe body portion of the match box from the upper end of the container a sufficient distance to conveniently permit the withdrawal of a match, and that when swinging the windshield against the open edge of the body portion of the container, the body portion of the match box will be drawn back into the container. i

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A match container comprising a body portion, a box slidable in said body portion having a slot in one of its end walls enlarged at one of its ends, a windshield pivotally connected to said body portion at one corner thereof and having an inwardly extending tongue provided with oppositely-directed lugs passed through the enlarged end of said slot and lying in contact with the inner side of said end wall to cause said box to be moved outwardly and inwardly within said body portion when swinging said windshield outwardly and then inwardly.

2. A match container comprising a body portion having a match box therein provided with a slot in one end wall, a windshield pivotally connected to said body portion and having a .tongue extending into said body portion with its free end passed through the slot of said box and retained therein.

3. A match container comprising a body portion, a box slidable in said body portion and having a part at one end provided with a slot enlarged at one of its ends, a windshield pivotally connected to said body portion and having a tongue whose free end is passed through said slot and reta-ined therein.

4. A match container comprising a body portion having a match box therein, a windshield pivotally connected to said match box, and a tongue and slot connection between said windshield and said match box whereby said match box is moved outwardly when swinging said windshield in one direction and inwardly when swinging said windshield in the other direction.

In testimony whereof I aflix my v BENJAMIN R.

signature.

HESS. 

